- Username
- denidom
- Date posted
- 1y ago
Can this be ocd
so my teacher was talking about some sad stuff and my mind kinda said to me did you want to laugh? and now im scared that im a bad person and i think i wanted to laugh
- Username
- matthewwaitsmatthewwaits
- Date posted
- 1y ago
Don’t know if this is ocd related but I get this quite often. It’s known as “church giggles”. Wanting to laugh is a defensive mechanism against being hurt by whatever sad thing is being said and then you realize that laughing would be inappropriate and you try to stop it. This never works and your caught in a cycle of trying to suppress an unsuppressable laugh
- Username
- AnonymousAnonymous
- Date posted
- 1y ago
I just joined app but I wanted to respond to you. I can't tell you if it's OCD or not but I want to tell you it's ok. Laughter is a nervous system response. It is not just caused by humor. It can be triggered by fear or sadness. (Probably other emotions as well) I personally have done it when I was extremely scared and I've seen it in others in situations where a person would cry. It's OK. It's normal. And most important of all it doesn't make you a bad person.
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